long-acting

1. 1.

   active over a long period of time

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Questions about long-acting

What does long-acting mean?

long-acting means "active over a long period of time".

How many syllables are in long-acting?

long-acting has 3 syllables and divides as lon-g-ac-ting under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is long-acting a common word?

long-acting is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.